Exodus 22:16:11Exod.22.16.W11TABWLC Exodus 22:15
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
leishshah
“as a wife”
- Transliteration
- le-ish-SHAH
- Extended
- leh-ish-SHAA
- IPA
- /lə.ʔiʃ.ˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a wife
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ish-SHAH
- clause
ma-HOR yim-ha-REN-na LO le-ish-SHAH
- sentence
ve-khi-ye-fat-TEH EESH be-too-LAH ah-SHER lo-oh-RA-sah ve-sha-KHAV im-MAH ma-HOR yim-ha-REN-na LO le-ish-SHAH
Exegesis
The final prepositional phrases low {לוֹ | lōw} and leishah {לְאִשָּׁה | lĕ-ʾiš-šāh} specify the beneficiary and resultant status. English mirrors the Hebrew “if… then” cause-effect sequence to preserve legal structure.
Root and etymology
א-ש-הa-š-h
“woman; wife”
In context — Exodus 22:16
And if a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he must surely pay the bride-price and she shall be his wife.
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 22:16, so the Hebrew word לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (leishshah) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.22.16.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.16.W11.S1) and character.